Week 4 and they look amazing • Today (Day 23) I cleaned and calibrated my EC tester (bluelab truncheon) and after mixing the same nutrients as last week the EC was reading 2.8! I was thinking this mixture was coming out at 1.7. Either way the plants are healthy and the EC has not been dropping or rising so I have kept the nutrients the same this week. I will monitor the EC closely through out the week now as 2.8 EC is pretty strong, I might have to dilute the tank, we will see. I will now do tests with the nutrient amounts I used previously and edit the EC leves for the previous weeks. • Second day into week 4 and they have drunk 40L (last week was 35L) of water between them. Thats 4.5L each. The EC level has also dropped to 2.7 from 2.8, so even though it is crazy high they are still taking it. • Midweek and the EC in the tank has risen. I knew it would as it's been set way too high. It was set at 2.8 (by mistake) and it has risen to 3.2. The plants look OK but a little dark. There's no tip burn or anything. I have given them a flush with weak nutrients (1.4 EC). • Midweek and I have noticed a touch of powdery mildew. Caught it really early so I will install a hotbox sulfume. The sulfur will coat the leaves and stop the mildew in its tracks. Watch this space.

Day 26 of 12/12 today , So in day 22 I made a biotabs PK compost tea with Mollases in place of Orgatrex. Yet two days later they still look hungry, so I turned the autopots off yesterday and gave them a little Canna Flores Organic. I really underestimated how much Biobloom I should have added to the soil. Next time I would use 5g per litre of soil. The jacks Toe Jam that's decided it wanted to flower in its own terms is almost ready so that did not get any feed , just water. Apart from that just general maintenance , defoliation , tying the branches down a little tighter , keeping the autopot tank full.

10 weeks from seed to harvest. The nutrient line I was using didn’t give me optimal growth, for this strain and my level of experience. Had some great growth and veg time, about 4 weeks, but when flower kicked in they got beastly. I would say I had two different phenos of this strain, and the one pheno that is unique, had slightly looser buds than the other two. This could be because of the LST/super cropping of the main cola. The other two had nice rock hard frosty buds and have similar smells and profile. The other one has more citrus, and was a bit lanky, more sativa in looks. Overall, easy enough to grow, no major surprises, and decent enough yield for 10 weeks. This is a strain that could have been better had I not had some issues with either lockout/deficiencies.

Some significant yellowing a day apart from feeding. Did I give it a nutrition burn by changing the ratios of nutes? I probably should’ve done a flush before feeding.

Ok this week was a little exciting one of the plants developed an issue with one of its leaves. It's the only plant out of all of them it's hard to see from the picture but 2 out of the 5 fingers on the leaf had a burn and were shrivelled and also very very shiny. I looked it up and it suggested it was boron deficiency. I simply removed the affected areas and carried on as it was only localized too a couple of leaves and just on that one plant. The smaller plants are catching up now

@ 1.6 kPa More colors showing, smelling stronger.

Love how she bounced back after being dug out by a pot hound dog and left for dead. I see signs of pre flowers which is always a good sign. She probably could have been taller but this plant is going straight to seed. Skunk pollen awaits.

I've turned the light up to 35000 lux. Up'd the bloom to 1.5ml/l. There still stretching and could do with more room but there doing well 😎

Going well

Getoppte Dame in 70L. Ein paar Knollen hatten Mehltau oder Fäule. Verlust max 5g, Glück gehabt😇 Riecht leicht nach diesel dabei viel citrus, manchmal auch ein wenig nach bitter Schokolade bzw. dunkel erdig 🤓 Super resistent gegen alles. Für Europa super geeignet. Die anderen Damen im greenhouse bleiben noch stehen

Water only from here on out. Final stretch and last week before harvest. This one was fun :’)

Gracias al equipo de Fast Buds 420 y a MarsHydro por ofrecerme esta gran oportunidad de probar sus nuevas FF y ofrecerme una luz de calidad. La Tropicana Cookies FF (Fastflowering) es la variedad ideal para los principiantes que buscan estirpes que prosperen en exterior e interior y en todo tipo de climas. Se trata de una variedad de alto rendimiento y fácil de cultivar que crece bastante y no deja de mostrar su vigor híbrido, incluso con un mantenimiento mínimo. Espera un efecto potente y duradero que relaje tus músculos y eleve tu estado de ánimo, dándote ese empujón extra que necesitas en una perezosa mañana de lunes. La Tropicana Cookies FF ofrece toda una gama de terpenos cítricos y amaderados, con un potente fondo dulzón que viene de la mano de un 28 % de THC, lo que la convierte en la opción perfecta para quienes tienen una alta tolerancia y buscan hacerse con las variedades más deliciosas y potentes del mercado. Esta variedad cultiva hermosas flores púrpuras con matices a menudo claros, pero predominantemente oscuros, que se ven resaltados por toques de rosa y azul, y pelos de color naranja oscuro esparcidos por todas partes. Los cogollos de Tropicana Cookies FF se desarrollan densos y compactos, con una gruesa capa de resina que les da un aspecto casi esponjoso y muy pocas hojas de azúcar, lo que facilita al máximo tus sesiones de recorte. Al romper los cogollos, se revela una mezcla dulce, casi de caramelo, de peladuras de cítricos y madera de sándalo, que es tan única que hará que todos tus amigos se mueran de envidia. Definitivamente, es la elección correcta para los fabricantes de hachís y los extractores que buscan ese perfil de terp especial. 🚀 🌻 Consigue aquí tus semillas : https://2fast4buds.com/es/seeds/tropicana-cookies-fast-flowering 📆 Semana 1 crecimiento: Relleno las macetas de tierra evitando espigamientos. Aplico tierra de diatomeas para evitar futuras plagas y humus de lombriz para mejorar el sustrato y así también el sabor final de los cogollos. Solo regaré una vez con nutrientes con una EC de 550 y el resto con agua y calmag hasta 350 ppm, al haber aplicado el humus de lombriz y la tierra de diatomeas. Humedad: 70% Temperatura: 30°C

Plantas finamente transplantadas. Ainda serão mantidas em vegetativo apenas até que o "choque" do transplante passe e então serão levadas a florir. Agora utilizando 2 LED 50W 6500K. Estufa toda em alumínio com extrator 4".

Day 29 - Things going along nicely .... i trimmed down some of the bigger bottom leaves, i didn't have enough soil to fill the pots, and the plants are short, bushy, weird little things, that filled out the inside of the pots..... they are only 15cm tall, but the leaves are 10+ cm .... really weird little plants.... haha.... i decided to trim the fk out of one of the ones in the double pot, and practiced topping on her.... i'll cut her down maybe trimmer her of the pot, and focus on just the 2........ they seem to be still growing upwards, so i'm not in a hurry to put em into flower mode......... on the main one i noticed some neut deficiencies ... so i upped the neuts.... should be ok, i put a good heavy neut and it stopped the spots etc..... i think some bug or something got in the double pot and is livin in there, but he doesn't eat much, haha....... the main stalks are as big as my thumb and under each canopy is all the branches..... it's really strange, to go in under all the growth and see it all .... they look kinda small, but the entire under canopy of leaves is all full .... i'm moving the huge sized leaves out and pulling each branch up over them as they grow..... this is 21 THC and 19 CBD, so it's all the good stuff for medicine ... the smell is getting abit noticable and i'm hoping the exhaust fan arrives from china soon.... just got positive ventilation into a carbon fil. ... and daily air out........ i think i had the led lights too low..... so i'll raise em abit more and see if i can get em to stretch .... Day 30 -- added some video's...... daylight vids... worth watchin for a laugh ...... first grow, so idk what i'm doin, ... any help/comments appreciated Day 32 -- added some pics of the late night trim and LST,... idk looks ok.... Day 34 -- added a video...

📋Comment I do like this strain, I wouldn't have joined this competition if I didn't like it. 📋 Data Seed to havest=105 days. Veg time=28 days. Flower time=77 days. Wet weight=609g Dry weight=g 📋 Smoke report Not dried yet but I'd imagine it's just like the other Runtz I have grown. 📋Grow stats for GDG 23 #1 Runtz=g #2 Fat Bastard=g Total=g Lights on. 20hrs×7days=140hrs 18hrs×21days=378hrs 12hrs×77days=924hrs Total hours=1442hrs Light power=147.73Kw Rad power=105.69Kw Extractor=34.12Kw 4 gang=47.02Kw Top fan=17.72Kw Total electricity=352.28KW Electricity cost @£0.25/Kw=£88.07 Average light power a day=1.4Kw Average watt per hour=102w g/watt=(÷)=g/w £/g=£/g 📋Final word. This diary isn't finished. I'm just trying to complete as much as possible to have a better chance at the Eternity competition. I will be updating it when I have dried the grow. Back soon. Take it easy. ********************************************

* harvest: 6 weeks veg. 60 days flowering * pot size: 11liter rain science bag * dry bud yield: 80gram * Appearance: very dense buds, with a hint of purple inside * Bud density: 9/10 * Aroma : smelling like a really sweet overripe banana * Taste : like it smells, a really nice overripe banana taste on the inhale * Potency : 9/10 * Kind of high: perfect if you wanna chill and have a good night sleep * Colour of thrichs at time of harvest: 20% amber 80% milky * Drying time: 10 days in the dry tent, curing 10 days * Good comments: such a beautifull plant to grow with branches that are the size off your arm, the buds are all big and gorgeous, they are purple on the inside. Loving the terps on this one. This pheno was pure banana, exactly what i was looking for. * bad comments: cant think off anything